Squirrel Glider - Murrumbidgee: Distribution and vegetation associations

Distribution of the species within this region

The Squirrel Glider is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Region.

CMA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Bondo	Known	None
Bondo	Predicted	None
Kybeyan - Gourock	Known	None
Lower Slopes	Known	None
Murrumbateman	Predicted	None
New South Wales Alps (Part A)	Known	None
New South Wales Alps (Part B)	Known	None
Upper Slopes	Known	None

Important habitat requirements within region

Habitat	Details
Breeding Habitat	Tree hollows or fissures >2 cm diameter/width in eucalypt forests and woodlands
Foraging Habitat	As per vegetation types, Mature, mix-age euc.esp. with flowering shrubs& wattles understorey. But can occur where no understorey if >1 sp.of Eucalypt. Can use patch <1ha & isolated trees if <75m of other patches.
Time of year species identifiable (if flora) or best detected (if fauna)	All year

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Squirrel Glider - Murrumbidgee is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it. Find out more about vegetation formations, classes and types .

Detailed information on each of the Vegetation Types listed below can be found on the Biometric page of this website. The table has been seperated into Catchment Management Areas.

• Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
  • Upper Riverina Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Apple Box - Broad-leaved Peppermint - Red Stringybark shrubby hill open forest in the upper NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and adjacent South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • Apple Box - Nortons Box - Blakely's Red Gum valley flat moist grassy tall open forest in the southern NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and adjoining South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • Broad-leaved Peppermint - Nortons Box - Red Stringybark tall open forest on red clay on hills in the southern part of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Broad-leaved Sally grass - sedge woodland on valley flats and swamps in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and adjoining South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • Mugga Ironbark - Inland Scribbly Gum - Red Box shrub/grass open forest on hills in the upper slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Nortons Box - Red Box - White Box tussock grass open forest of the southern section of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Nortons Box - Red Stringybark grassy tall open forest on sheltered slopes in the Tumbarumba - Murray River region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Red Box - Red Stringybark - Nortons Box hill heath shrub - tussock grass open forest of the Tumut region
    • Red Stringybark - Broad-leaved Peppermint - Nortons Box heath open forest of the upper slopes subregion in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and adjoining South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • Red Stringybark - Red Box - Long-leaved Box - Inland Scribbly Gum tussock grass - shrub low open forest on hills in the southern part of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Riparian Blakely's Red Gum - Broad-leaved Sally woodland - tea-tree - bottlebrush - wattle shrubland wetland of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • White Box - Blakely's Red Gum - Red Box - Red Stringybark shrubby woodland on shallow soils on metamorphic hills in the Albury region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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• Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
  • South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Silvertop Ash - Blue-leaved Stringybark shrubby open forest on ridges, north east South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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  • Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Apple Box - Eurabbie grassy open forest on sheltered slopes and gullies in the Burrinjuck area, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • Apple Box - Yellow Box - Argyle Apple dry open forest of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Brittle Gum - peppermint open forest of the Woomargama to Tumut region, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Broad-leaved Peppermint - Candlebark shrubby open forest of montane areas, southern South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and South East Corner Bioregion
    • Long-leaved Box - Fringe Myrtle heathy woodland on rocky outcrops of central parts of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • Mountain Gum - Snow Gum - Broad-leaved Peppermint shrubby open forest of montane ranges, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and Australian Alps Bioregion
    • Norton's Box - Broad-leaved Peppermint open forest on footslopes, central and southern South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • Red Stringybark - Brittle Gum - Inland Scribbly Gum dry open forest of the tablelands, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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  • Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Inland Scribbly Gum - Black Cypress Pine - Mugga Ironbark - Daphne Heath low woodland of the Wagga Wagga region in the southern NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Long-leaved Box - Red Box - Red Stringybark mixed open forest on hills and hillslopes in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Mugga Ironbark - Western Grey Box - cypress pine tall woodland on footslopes of low hills in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Mugga Ironbark - White Cypress Pine woodland on low rises mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
    • Western Grey Box - Cypress Pine shrubby woodland on stony footslopes in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and Riverina Bioregion
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• Forested wetlands
  • Inland Riverine Forests
    • River Red Gum - Black Box woodland wetland of the semi-arid (warm) climatic zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
    • River Red Gum - Lignum very tall open forest or woodland wetland on floodplains of semi-arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
    • River Red Gum - wallaby grass tall woodland wetland on the outer River Red Gum zone mainly in the Riverina Bioregion
    • River Red Gum - Warrego Grass - herbaceous riparian tall open forest wetland mainly in the Riverina Bioregion
    • River Red Gum herbaceous-grassy very tall open forest wetland on inner floodplains in the lower slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and the eastern Riverina Bioregion.
    • River Red Gum swampy woodland wetland on cowals (lakes) and associated flood channels in central NSW
    • River Red Gum-sedge dominated very tall open forest in frequently flooded forest wetland along major rivers and floodplains in south-western NSW
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• Grassy woodlands
  • Floodplain Transition Woodlands
    • Riverine Western Grey Box grassy woodland of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
    • Western Grey Box - Poplar Box - White Cypress Pine tall woodland on red loams mainly of the eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
    • Western Grey Box - White Cypress Pine tall woodland on loam soil on alluvial plains of NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and Riverina Bioregion
    • Western Grey Box tall grassy woodland on alluvial loam and clay soils in the NSW South Western Slopes and Riverina Bioregions
    • Yellow Box - River Red Gum tall grassy riverine woodland of NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and Riverina Bioregion
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  • Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
    • Yellow Box - Blakely's Red Gum grassy woodland on the tablelands, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • Yellow Box grassy tall woodland on valley flats in the upper slopes of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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  • Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
    • Apple Box - Blakely's Red Gum moist valley and footslopes grass-forb open forest of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Blakely's Red Gum - White Box - Yellow Box - Black Cypress Pine box grass/shrub woodland on clay loam soils on undulating hills of central NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy tall woodland of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Nortons Box - Red Box - Red Stringybark +/- Nodding Flax Lily forb-grass open forest mainly on the Tumut region
    • Red Stringybark - Blakely's Red Gum - tea tree herbaceous swampy valley open forest of the southern NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Red Stringybark - Blakely's Red Gum +/- Long-leaved Box shrub/grass hill woodland of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Riparian Blakely's Red Gum - box - shrub - sedge - grass tall open forest of the central NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • White Box - Blakely's Red Gum - Long-leaved Box - Nortons Box - Red Stringybark grass-shrub woodland on shallow soils on hills in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • White Box - White Cypress Pine - Western Grey Box shrub/grass/forb woodland in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • White Box grassy woodland in the upper slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Yellow Box grassy tall woodland on alluvium or parna loams and clays on flats in NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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• Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
  • Inland Floodplain Woodlands
    • Black Box - Lignum woodland wetland of the inner floodplains in the semi-arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
    • Black Box grassy open woodland wetland of rarely flooded depressions in south western NSW (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
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• Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
  • Inland Rocky Hill Woodlands
    • Mugga Ironbark -Tumbledown Red Gum - Red Box - Black Cypress Pine open forest on shallow stony soils on hills in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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  • Riverine Sandhill Woodlands
    • Yellow Box - White Cypress Pine grassy woodland on deep sandy-loam alluvial soils of the eastern Riverina Bioregion and western NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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